Thank you for having me again, stephen. Ambassador Danny Danon in new york, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you for having me again, stephen. Its a pleasure to have you on hardtalk. Now, israel is currently fighting a multi front war. How much pressure, both military and diplomatic, would you say israel is under right now . Stephen, a year after October 7th and israel is still under attack, not only from hamas In Gaza, but also from lebanon, yemen, iraq, iran. We have seven fronts, and unfortunately we have casualties. Israelis are dying from those rockets, but we are determined, we are determined to win this war. We realise we dont have any other choice, and that is why we have seen that we moved forward both In Gaza and with hezbollah. You know, we are a peaceful nation. If you would have asked me a year before that what we are doing now will happen, i will tell you, no way, because we have no desire to be in any conflict, not with hamas, not with iran, not with hezbollah. And all those a
Weapons in the gaza war, saying its reasonable to assess they have been used in breach of International Humanitarian law in some instances. But the carefully worded review by the state Department Said it did not have complete information in its assessment and concluded that the findings shouldnt stop more us Weapons Shipments to israel. Its been a difficult week for us israel relations. President biden said the us could suspend certain Arms Shipments to israel if it launches a full scale invasion into rafah a densly populated area where over1 million civilians are sheltering and in dire need of humanitarian assistance. Our state Department Correspondent tom bateman sent this update. This report has been three months in the making. It was ordered by the white house back in february with President Biden under growing pressure from human rights organisations, from part of his democratic base, over the way that american weapons were being used by the israelis in gaza. And what we have so f
I imagine you may have seen the photos of the extraordinary outfits worn by many celebrities. Well talk to one journalist about the challenges of covering it. Lets start with the Campus Protests in the us. Reporting them is creating a challenge for us journalism, and were going to talk it through with journalists whove been on the ground. But before we meet them, lets remind ourselves whats been unfolding over the past month. So, these protests started at Columbia University in new york in mid april. According to a bbc tally, there have now been demonstrations at nearly 140 colleges across 45 states and washington, dc, too. According to the ap news agency, around 2,500 people have been arrested at campuses across the us. And the protesters are demanding a number of things, including that their colleges financially divest from israel. Now, in some locations, police have been sent in, not least at Columbia University in new york, and that was seen as being hugely significant, not least b
Lets bring you up to date on the very latest developments. The israeli army has told residents of seven different areas across the gaza strip to take refuge in shelters as it prepares to launch new attacks on hamas targets. Meanwhile, israeli hostages who were held in a southern town have reportedly been rescued thats according to israels public broadcaster. Three Israeli Soldiers were moderately and lightly wounded. And on the diplomatic front, us Secretary Of State Antony Blinken has called for calm and stability in the west bank during a call with palestinian president mahmoud abbas. And israels allies have shown their support through displays like this. Heres berlins Brandenburg Gate lit up in white and blue to show support for israel. The conflict is also impacting air travel. The federal Aviation Administration is urging us airlines and pilots to use caution when flying in israeli airspace. The us air regulators warning follows an earlier alert issued by the Israeli Government an
According to israels public broadcaster. Three Israeli Soldiers have been moderately wounded thats accordind to the broadcaster on x. They added attackers had been killed. With all of this in mind, talking this evening, i just want to begin by getting your reaction to what weve been seeing. Gosh, well, i mean the hostages massively complicate situation there because obviously in the israeli psyche, hostages are extremely important, every israeli life is really important, and they have been known in the past to, you know, in releasing israeli hostages to give up a lot in return. A few years ago when an israeli called gilad shalit was released by hamas, that was in return for 1000 Palestinian Prisoners. So, the fact that there are so many other hostages who are still being used as Human Shields essentially by hamas in gaza since they have taken them back there, that massively complicates the situation for israel as it looks to deliver a response a proportionate response or a disproportio